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Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture that sets out to challenge, inspire, inform and delight.

Changing exhibitions and projects are sited in 500 acres of historic gardens and parkland, five indoor galleries and an award-winning visitor centre.

This stunning setting brings together art and nature for everyone to discover and enjoy.

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YSP has eight distinct outdoor 'gallery' spaces located in the 500 acre Bretton Estate. Designed in the 18th and 19th centuries, this varied landscape is a rich environment for some of the best modern and contemporary sculpture created by international artists. YSP presents changing special exhibitions and individual works by eminent artists all year round, so there are always at least 40 sculptures on display in the landscape.

Temporary indoor exhibitions take place in the Underground Gallery, Bothy Gallery, Garden Gallery and Longside Gallery.

Collection details

Fine Art

Key artists and exhibits

Henry Moore

Barbara Hepworth

Anthony Caro

Elisabeth Frink

Sol LeWitt

Antony Gormley

Sophie Ryder

Winter and Horbelt

Andy Goldsworthy

James Turrell

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Exhibition (temporary)

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson: Song for Coal

10 January — 19 April 2015 *on now

"Song for Coal is beautiful, playful and enigmatic. Every time I see it I find something new that I hadn't even noticed the last time. Part kaleidoscope, part cathedral rose window, with vocal music that is both resoltuely secular and curiously spiritual. Very proud to hear the gorgeous voices of the Chorus of Opera North in this piece." Dominic Gray, Projects Director at Opera North.

The highly evocative kaleidoscopic work, installed in the beautiful and contemplative 18th century chapel, explores the physical and cultural properties of coal through rich imagery and song.

Song for Coal takes a form based on the flamboyant tracery of the apocalyptic rose window of Sainte Chapelle, Paris. Broken down into 152 separate panels, each section of the rose hosts individual films that trace coal from the carboniferous to the post industrial.

The human voice is a central and powerful element in the composition of this work. Working with Opera North, Crowe and Rawlinson have created a plainsong, based on The Coal Catechism (1898) by William Jasper Nicolls.

The artists have worked with the collection of the National Coal Mining Museum and Drax Power Station, both within a few miles of YSP, in filming sections of the work. They have also employed the rare practice of cannel coal carving to create objects and figurines which were later burned in front of the camera.

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson work collaboratively between studios in Berlin and Manchester. Their work is primarily concerned with the languages of power, with its grammar and with its rhetoric. Their projects address questions around faith, politics, national identity and the environment. Recent projects include exhibitions at Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland and VulpesVulpes, London, and a commission for The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The artists were selected for the Northern Art Prize in 2009.

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Henry Moore: Back to a Land

7 March — 6 September 2015

This major exhibition, in collaboration with The Henry Moore Foundation, takes a fresh approach to Moore’s work by considering his profound relationship with land, which was fundamental to his practice and fuelled his visual vocabulary.

A founding patron of YSP, Moore was committed to showing his work in the open air and in the rolling hills of the former Deer Park in particular.

The exhibition not only explores the artist’s radical notion of placing sculpture in the landscape – large scale sculptures greet the visitor on arrival at the Park and are displayed against the beautiful and historic vistas of the Bothy Garden – but the importance of earth in Moore’s creative thinking. Arch Rock, Ice Berg, Rocky Landscape and numerous other drawings, some rarely seen in public, along with a range of sculptures exploring scale and the interplay between internal and external spaces, emphasise the artist’s constant investigation of land, from the black coal seams of his hometown and the rich geology of Britain, to the mystical ancient forms of Stonehenge. The exhibition also presents an opportunity to explore the man behind the practice with a carefully selected display of personal artifacts, notes, sketches and photographs, curated in collaboration with the artist’s daughter, Mary Moore.

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Henry Moore: Back to a Land

7 March — 6 September 2015

Born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, Henry Moore (1898–1986) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. This major exhibition, in collaboration with The Henry Moore Foundation, takes a fresh approach to Moore’s work by considering his profound relationship with land, which was fundamental to his practice and fuelled his visual vocabulary.

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Makint It: Sculpture in Britain 1977–1986

1 April — 21 June 2015

The late 1970s and 1980s witnessed the emergence of a younger generation of artists working in the UK who began to receive international attention for practices which, although incredibly diverse, share a revived interest in the sculpted object, in materials, and in ideas around making. Making It is the first exhibition to survey this exciting moment in British sculpture. It shows how approaches to object making were reinvigorated by the breakthroughs in conceptual and performance art made by preceding generations and by sculptural and cultural inspirations from beyond these shores.

Drawn primarily from the holdings of the Arts Council Collection and augmented with major loans from important UK public and private collections, Making It represents the work of over 40 artists including Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and Alison Wilding among many others. This substantial exhibition embraces a wide range of sculptural practices, highlighting shared concerns, as well as important differences, between and within established groups.

Making It is an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, which launches at Longside Gallery, a space shared with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, before touring to Mead Art Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre in Autumn 2015. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre.

The exhibition has been curated with Dr Jon Wood, Research Curator at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, and we are grateful to the Henry Moore Institute for their research support and for making available the rich resources of the Henry Moore Institute Library. The Henry Moore Institute will host a related conference in 2015.

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Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana

2 May — 6 September 2015

Venice-based siblings Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana are internationally renowned artists and descendants of the Venini glassware dynasty, established by Paolo Venini on the island of Murano in 1921. In May 2015, they bring their elegant sculptural forms and colourful glass paintings to YSP’s refurbished 18th century chapel in their first ever UK exhibition.

Experimentation, risk-taking and innovation drive the de Santillanas’ work, fed by widespread travel and collaborations with glassmaking experts across the world. Alessandro’s inspiration is water, which translates to the incredible treatment of the surface in his works, many of which have a strong, painterly quality. The YSP exhibition includes a series of wall and floor works by the artist with a complex, dark black yet mirrored patina, recalling the sense of looking into deep, reflecting pools.

Crushing the typical blown cylinder, folding it in on itself, is a technique often employed by Laura de Santillana to produce slab-like forms that are, in a sense, envelopes forever sealed by the making process. The artist refers to them as ‘glass books’, and they retain a powerful sense of seeming to contain knowledge held in suspension. In the chapel, the artist shows a library of these forms, to which she returns habitually, in specially made bookshelves.

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Anthony Caro

18 July — 1 November 2015

This major exhibition, in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle, celebrates and commemorates the extraordinary career of Sir Anthony Caro (1924–2013).

Caro’s relationship with Yorkshire was long and productive and included the highly important work with the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, in 1994–5. Here Caro explored the relationship between sculpture and architecture and produced the monumental Halifax Steps (1994), which began a major body of work culminating in Millbank Steps (2004) for Tate Britain. Caro was one of the first artists to support YSP and was a staunch advocate of the region’s artistic heritage and growing reputation as a world destination for sculpture.

Coinciding with Henry Moore: Back to a Land, this project is an opportunity for visitors to experience the work of Caro alongside that of his former tutor. Caro was assistant to Moore from 1951–3, a period he acknowledged as being of crucial importance to the development of his practice. The exhibition, in YSP Centre, Longside Gallery and the open air, includes figurative studies – some annotated by Moore, sculpture models, bronze portraits, galvanised steel and Perspex works, and a selection of Last Sculptures, created shortly before the artist’s death.

In 1991, Caro wrote, ‘Painters, sculptors and architects are at the root of the visual business together’, explicitly stating his interdisciplinary approach to sculpture which has been evident within his work since the 1960s. Distinct yet complementary exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield and YSP consider respectively Caro’s parallel concerns with architectural principles and painting.

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Bob and Roberta Smith

5 September 2015 — 3 January 2016

Visiting artist Bob and Roberta Smith, responds to YSP’s National Arts Education Archive in a new project celebrating the archive’s 30th anniversary.

Smith considers art to be an important element in democratic life, his work often taking the form of painted signs. Visitors can experience the open-air work, Art Makes Children Powerful (2012), which calls for activism and consciousness against the political establishment and is given new meaning at YSP.

First established at Bretton Hall College in 1985, the National Art Education Archive (NAEA) is a unique asset comprising key collections relating to developments in art education from the 19th century onwards. There are over 100 catalogued collections in the NAEA, the core collections reflecting Child Art and Basic Design, fundamentally opposing viewpoints of art education in the UK in the post-war years.

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Free

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Bill Viola

1 — 31 October 2015

The immersive exhibition in YSP’s Chapel and Underground Gallery features work from across Viola’s career. Considering the universal themes of life, death, love and spirituality, Viola examines facets of the human condition, holding a starkly intimate mirror to our strength, our fragility, and the impulses and inevitabilities that unite us, giving tangible visual form to abstract psychological and metaphysical experiences.

The Underground Gallery is reconfigured to create a controlled experience where visitors pass from room to room to experience both intimate and dramatic works. Reflecting Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s audience, the works echo changing concerns across generations so that in this space people can find and share common experience. Inside the 18th century chapel, visitors see The Tristan Project – Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005), drawing on the ancient story of lovers gripped by a passion that is blind to duty, honour and social obligation and which can only be consummated beyond the grave. In these two works, water and fire come together in a purifying and transformative conflagration. Within the chapel grounds, Viola shows a film work outdoors for the first time. The artist has reconfigured his birthing film, Sanctuary (1989), an extraordinarily raw work, which accrues even greater depth and resonance in the context of the chapel and its fertile garden.

The walk from the chapel, across the Country Park, towards and through the linear Underground Gallery, emphasises the act of journeying and discovery. In addition, the physical nature of YSP enables us to draw out the importance of the natural world in Viola’s work. The exhibition is designed to be a sensory experience with space to pause and make time to reflect, so enabling an emotional or even transformational engagement.

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Jonny Hannah

In 2015, Jonny Hannah brings his vibrant and witty linocuts, screen prints, and works on wood to YSP for a major exhibition, inspired by the artist’s parents’ hometown of Kirkconnell.

Born in Dunfermline, Hannah studied illustration at Liverpool Art School and the Royal College of Art. Since graduation in 1998, Hannah has been working both as a commercial designer and illustrator for clients including The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times and English National Opera, and as a printmaker, creating wonderful screen printed books, posters and prints for his own Cakes & Ale Press.

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Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Guided tour

WILD Seasonal Walks

7 March 2015 11am-12:30pm

4 April 2015 11am-12:30pm

2 May 2015 11am-12:30pm

6 June 2015 11am-12:30pm

Join members of the WILD Team and nature enthusiasts on an informative seasonal walk around YSP’s woodland and lakes. This season, expect to encounter birdsong, budding trees and spring flowers, which foretell the arrival of warmer days to come and the promise of summer.

•Please wear sensible footwear, suitable for outdoor walking•You may wish to bring binoculars or telescopes to help viewing•Due to the location, this walk is unsuitable for dogs•Suitable for ages 6+•Please meet at YSP Learning•This event is suitable for wheelchair users and pushchairs – please specify at the time of booking

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Moore and Auden Monthly Poetry Readings

8 March 2015 2-2:30pm

5 April 2015 2-2:30pm

3 May 2015 2-2:30pm

7 June 2015 2-2:30pm

In 1974, Henry Moore was asked to produce a series of lithographs for a portfolio of poems by English poet W H Auden (1907–1973). Moore decided that his lithographs should not just be illustrations for Auden's poems but should stand as images in their own right, complementing or contrasting with the poetry.

Drop into the Underground Gallery on the first Sunday of the month to hear a selection of Auden's poems set amongst the works of Henry Moore.

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Any age

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Free

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Art and History Connected – Heritage Walk

14 March 2015 2-3:30pm

Join the YSP Heritage Team for a free wide-ranging introduction to the Bretton Estate. The walk and talk will highlight the connections between history, art and landscape – from 18th century designed landscapes and follies right up to what YSP is today.

•Please meet at the Bothy Gallery 10 minutes before the start time•Due to the nature of the terrain, this event is unsuitable for wheelchair users•The tour will last approx 1.5 hours•Outdoor clothing is advised

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Art and History Connected (YSP Heritage Launch)

14 March 2015 11am-3:30pm

Drop into the Bothy Gallery from 11.00 to celebrate the launch of the new Heritage season at YSP.

Meet the Heritage Team and find out more about the styles and trends that came to bear the creation of the Bretton Estate. Explore how everything is connected, from the idea of the ‘sculptured’ landscape to the history of placing objects within the open air.

Activities include:

Art and History Connected – Heritage Walk 14.00 / free (booking advised)An introduction to the Estate that will highlight the connections between history, art and landscape, from 18th century designed landscapes and follies right up to what YSP is today. Find out more and book online

Young Heritage Explorers: YSP Heritage Hunt From 11.00 / free / drop inDrop into the Bothy Gallery and pick up a leaflet to take part in the YSP Heritage Hunt around the lakes and Woodlands, and for a chance to win a Young Explorers goody bag. Find out more

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Free

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Hand-Built Clay Face Sculpting

14 March 2015 10am-12:30pm, 1:30-4pm

Join artist Claire Loder for a workshop focused on making faces. Claire has spent the last decade exploring the face through ceramic materials. Over refreshments, she will introduce her work and talk about her themes and methods.

The workshop will take you through various hand-building techniques to construct a face. You will explore materials, textures and surface, using a range of materials, with guidance and inspiration from Claire. The approach will be playful and experimental and you’ll leave the session with a unique object.

•All materials are provided for you but please bring an apron•The workshop will run for approx. 2.5 hours•Please bring an image of a face you’d like to reference as a starting point•The price includes free parking and refreshments, lunch is available to buy onsite•The workshop is suitable for wheelchair uses•Concession available to over 60s and students

Claire's work is featured at YSP as part of MADE from 7 March to 31 May 2015.

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Jewellery Sand Casting

21 March 2015 10am-4pm

Join artist Jennie Gill for a jewellery making workshop to make your own special cast charm or pendant, and learn new jewellery making skills along the way.

The workshop will start with initial designing and experimenting in copper and brass but the focus will be on making a cast jewellery item to wear. The workshop is suitable for beginners; everyone will be given step-by-step guidance throughout.

You will discover the technique of water casting and learn how to sand cast, make jump rings, barrel polish, pierce and create different surface finishes in copper and brass with a final piece cast in silver making a pendant or charm bracelet.

•All materials are provided for you but please bring along an apron, sketch book or pad, and a small 3D treasure / item, which can be cast to become a pendant or charm. The item must be no larger than 2cm•A buffet lunch and refreshments are provided•The event is suitable for wheelchair users•Free parking is included in the price•Concession avaliable for over 60s and studentsJennie has designed for French Connection, Phase Eight and Oasis, and her jewellery is featured in the MADE showcase at YSP from 7 March to 31 May 2015.

Jennie has designed for French Connection, Phase Eight and Oasis, and her jewellery is featured in the MADE showcase at YSP from 7 March to 31 May 2015.

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RSPB Dawn Chorus

"I absolutely love the YSP at this time of the morning, the Park, the birds, and the Henry Moore works all to ourselves. Brilliant". Visitor comment

Join RSPB experts on a dawn walk through the Park to identify some of Britain’s birds by their song.

Please meet at YSP Centre for 07.00. Please note that the terrain is uneven and not accessible to wheelchair users. Sensible, hard wearing footwear and outdoor clothing is advised. Due to sensitive wildlife habitats, dogs are not permitted around the Upper Lake or in Menagerie Wood.

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YSP Dinner Club: The Chocolate Dining Experience

5 April 2015 6-9pm

Join YSP for this special 'Easter dinner' as the YSP chefs serve an extraordinary three-course meal – with chocolate featuring in every course. Menu to follow.

•Please meet at YSP Centre•Free parking from 5pm•Please add any dietary requirements to the requirements box when booking•If you require a full vegetarian or vegan selection please advise at the time of booking

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Springtime Fun Trail

5 — 6 April 2015 10am-4pm

Take the self-guided trail around the lakes and woodland to become a young explorer, discovering stories and wildlife as you go. Search for the ‘golden geese’ and report your findings at YSP Centre. Supported by Divine Chocolate.

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The Layers of a Land With Professor Dougal Jerram

11 April 2015 2-3:30pm

Join British geologist and earth scientist Professor Dougal Jerram for a special talk about the fascinating geology beneath our feet at YSP.

Coinciding with Henry Moore: Back to a Land, which emphasises the artist’s constant investigation of land, from the black coal seams of Yorkshire to the rich geology of Britain, this event is a unique way to explore the creation of the Bretton Estate.

Taking inspiration from the opening chapter of Jacquetta Hawkes’ seminal book A Land (1951), in which the author writes about lying in her garden to imagine the layers of earth beneath her, visitors will be invited to lie on the ground in the open air and explore the poetic history of the physical landscape. The event will finish with refreshments.

Professor Dougal Jerram is a British geologist and earth scientist who has appeared on the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, Channel 4 and in National Geographic. He was awarded the Murchison Fund by the Geological Society of London for his career contribution to geology.

•Includes free time to view Song for Coal in the Chapel and Henry Moore: Back to a Land in the Underground Gallery•Afternoon drinks and cake included•Outdoor clothing is advised•Please feel free to bring a blanket or outdoor chair to sit on

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Basket Weaving

Join wood artist Peter Howcroft and learn how to weave using cane. Learn new skills to make your own basket, dish or bowl.

The workshop will start with initial designing while you enjoy your refreshments and a demonstration from Peter on weaving.

The workshop is suitable for beginners; everyone will be given step-by-step guidance throughout.

•Free parking, a buffet lunch and refreshments are included in the price•Concession available for over 60s and student•Wheelchair access is avaliable, please enquire with YSP before booking on info@ysp.co.uk or +44(0)1924 832631

Peter's work is featured the MADE showcase at YSP, 7 March–31 May 2015.

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16-17

18+

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£70 per person, concessions £65

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From Chapel to Chapel (The Families of Bretton)

18 April 2015 2:30-5pm

Originally built in 1744, YSP's Chapel was used by those privileged enough to inhabit the Bretton Estate. Today the Chapel is open for everyone as a contemplative gallery space, following a restoration project in 2014.

Join the YSP Heritage Team to find out more about the families who used Bretton Chapel then take a trip to Wentworth Chapel at Silkstone, where the Wentworth family now rests. Meet Donald Sisson, Heritage Project Manager, to learn more about the family.

Return to YSP to view current Chapel exhibition, Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson: Song for Coal, with an introduction by Damon Waldock, YSP Programme Coordinator. View the exhibition after normal opening hours and find out more about how the Chapel is used today.

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Ursula von Rydingsvard in Venice

9 May — 22 November 2015

YSP has identified a unique and exciting opportunity to take six sculptures from our major 2014 exhibition by Ursula von Rydingsvard to Venice to coincide with the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.

The outdoor sculptures, in bronze, cedar and polyurethane resin, will be shown in the Giardino della Marinaressa, a public park with stunning views across the water to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.

Garden designer, Luciano Giubbilei will re-landscape the Giardino di Marinaressa to accommodate the works in a second collaboration with von Rydingsvard – the Laurent-Perrier garden, designed by Giubbilei and featuring a sculpture by von Rydingsvard won the Best Show Garden award at the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

One of America’s most inventive and individual artists, with work in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, amongst others, von Rydingsvard has evolved a distinctive, highly personal sculptural language that has become synonymous with cedar, the wood that lies at the heart of her practice.

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Abstract Landscape Brooch Making

Join artist Clare Willard for an abstract brooch making workshop. Exploring the theme of 'landscape', Clare has designed a unique YSP brooch for you to assemble and take home.

Using traditional inlay techniques, construct your own brooch using pre-cut pieces, personalising your brooch by choosing your own colour combinations and 3D elements. Step-by-step guidance will be given by Clare throughout the workshop, allowing you to produce a quality piece to be proud of. As well as making a brooch, you will learn about the laser cutting process throughout the workshop.

•All materials are provided•The workshop will run for approx. 2.5 hours•Concessions available for over 60s and students•Suitable for wheelchair access•Refreshments are provided and lunch is available to buy on site•Parking is included in the price

Clare's work is featured in YSP's MADE showcase from 7 March to 31 May 2015.

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18+

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£50 per person, concessions £45

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An Evening of Poetry with Simon Armitage

21 May 2015 7-9pm

'Soaring talent of modern British verse' – The Guardian

Acclaimed Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage reads new poems he's written in response to works from Henry Moore: Back to a Land, commissioned by YSP for the accompanying exhibition publication. Following the reading, Armitage will sign copies of the publication, to be launched at this special event.

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Making It: Family Sculpture Workshop – Do It Yourself

26 May 2015 10:30am-12:30pm, 1:30-3:30pm

27 May 2015 10:30am-12:30pm, 1:30-3:30pm

Inspired by Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986, an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition at Longside Gallery, join us for a family-friendly workshop in response to this exciting exhibition.

Follow in the footsteps of artists including Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Cornelia Parker to create your own sculpture.

•Suitable for age 6+•Please book a maximum of two adults per child

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£2 per person

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Sculpture Skills: Relief Wax Casting

30 May 2015 10am-5pm

Led by Sculptor Liadin Cooke, this one-day Relief Wax Casting Workshop will explore the possibilities of working in wax as a primary medium to create sculpture whilst looking at casting as a method of production.

Participants will make a plaster mould from a clay pattern and then take a wax cast from the mould. Different techniques of working in wax will be covered along with an exploration of its possibilities as a sculptural medium.

•This one-day introduction to wax casting will run from 10.00–16.30 in the Garden Studio located in YSP Learning•The course is suitable for all abilities (ages 18+, 16+ considered), all that is required is enthusiasm. All materials are provided•Please bring ideas you may have with you for the course, these can be discussed beforehand or on the day

Itinerary

•Introduction •Work with clay to create pattern•Make plaster mould•Lunch (YSP Café or packed lunch advised)•Prepare mould for casting•Cast wax from mould•Group discussion on work produced

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Bretton Lakes, Entertainment and the Aurora

13 June 2015 5:30-7pm

Join the Heritage team for a special exclusive summer heritage walk exploring the beautiful viewpoints around the lakes and discover the stories that surround them.

Explore Thomas Wentworth’s development of the lakes and his lavish entertainment that would have occurred at the lakes at its many interesting follies. Inspired by the story of Sir Thomas Wentworth’s ship the Aurora that often sailed on these lakes, families are invited to create their own paper ship and sail it down the lake to finish off the day, seeing the summer time arrive.

•Please meet at YSP Learning Centre 10 minutes before the start time•Due to the nature of the terrain, this event is unsuitable for wheelchair users•The tour will last approx 1.5 hours•Outdoor clothing is advised

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£6 per person

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Metal Sculpture Course with Brian Fell & Owen Cunningham

13 — 14 June 2015 10am-5pm

Led by Brian Fell and Owen Cunningham, these two-day metalwork courses take place in YSP’s metal workshop. During this time, participants will get the chance to explore the use of metal to draw and divide space. There will be a demonstration of tools, machines and their functions, and participants will receive expert advice and guidance to help realise their project.

•Each course will run 10.00–17.00 daily and include both cold and furnace forging, with instruction in welding, cutting and other techniques•The course is suitable for all abilities (ages 18+), all that is required is enthusiasm and suitable clothing. All materials and PPE (gloves and masks) are provided. Strong or steel toe capped boots are advised•Metal used on the course comes in a wide variety of different shapes, sizes and thicknesses, most commonly used are sheet steel and steel bar – round and square•Concessionary places are available to those over 60 years of age•A minimum deposit of £50 is required when booking this course, the balance can then be paid up to 30 days before the course starts

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Textured Porcelain Brooch and Tile Making

13 June 2015 10am-4pm

Join artist Katie Almond to learn how to work with porcelain, exploring surface treatment and applying various under glaze colours.

You will begin with an introduction to Katie's work and inspirations whilst enjoying refreshments. In the morning section, experiment with clay to make a brooch and in the afternoon produce a textured porcelain tile.

No experience is necessary as step-by-step advice will be given and you will be able to add your personality by experimenting with Katie's vintage lace, buttons and stamps.

Each participant will make a totally unique final piece which Katie will take back to her workshop to fire and will then be posted back to your address or available to collect from YSP (postage is £4.95 1st/2nd class, £10.00 for special delivery or collection from YSP is free).

•All materials are provided but please bring an apron or protective clothing.•Katie would like you to bring any interesting textures that you have (e.g. foraged leaves) however this is not compulsory as there will have plenty to choose from on the day•Parking, a buffet lunch and refreshments are included in the price•Concessions available for over 60s and students•The workshop is accessible for wheelchair users

Katie's work is featured the MADE showcase at YSP, 6 June–30 August 2015.

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Clare Charnley: Meet The Artist

20 June 2015 2-2:30pm

Join visiting artist Clare Charnley for an informal walk in to Country Park to find out more about her YSP project Spring Lamb Project

Based in the Country Park for five days over May and June 2015, Charnley is evolving temporary structures for lambs to play on and will observe how the interactions with the sculptures occur. YSP invites you to meet with the artist and find out more about her practice and her time spent here at the Park.

Booking is essential.

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Free

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Rob Ryan

4 July — 1 November 2015

Rob Ryan, the highly acclaimed artist known for his intricate paper cuts, returns to YSP in 2015 with an exhibition inspired by Japanese culture, realising a long-held ambition to transfer his work onto fabric.

Taking inspiration from his trips to Japan, Ryan will create his own ‘noren’ (simple fabric signs), which, in Japan, are a vibrant and fresh part of daily life. Alongside this colourful, maze-like installation, Ryan presents his latest paper cuts and works on paper, all of which are available to buy. Ryan has collaborated with Paul Smith, Liberty of London, Tatty Devine and Vogue along with many other established brands.

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Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.

Face to face resources

Artist-led group activities

Over many years YSP has organised and developed a range of artist-led activities aimed at providing an enhanced focus and stimulus for visiting pupils and students. Activities are available for groups of all ages and abilities and include; workshop/study days, guided tours, slide talks and lectures, and Inset/professional training days. All activities can provide a general introduction to sculpture or can be tailored to meet individual group interests.

How to obtain

All visits must be booked with YSP Education. For visits for artist-led activities please book well in advance to avoid disappointment. For further information on activities, costs, and availability please contact Education on 01924 830642.

Paper-based and downloads

Education Resource Packs

In addition to free information, YSP Education offers Resource packs to assist teachers and groups leaders in planning visits to YSP or for work in school. The Education Resource Pack (£10+VAT) includes supporting material exploring the outdoor collection, Access Sculpture Trail and other areas. The Curriculum Resource Pack (£5+VAT) provides support for QCA guidelines which can be used for long-distance learning and work in schools as well as for visits to YSP.

How to obtain

For free information or to order Education resource pack please contact Education on 01924 830642

Face to face resources

Heritage Tours

Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s new team of Heritage Volunteers will be leading free, guided heritage tours around the YSP landscape at weekends from February. Tours will take visitors from the YSP Visitor Centre, into the fascinating, historical landscape, and will explore the stories that have defined the area over the last one thousand years.